Haven't read any fanfic. Which one should I start with?
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UPDATED: Sunday, June 28, 2009 08:14
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I helped write a virtual Buffy season 8 that was (I'm the first to admit this) not brilliant. We started writing it halfway through season 7, and of course the finale threw our own season waaaay out of whack. It was great fun though, and I'm hugely impressed by people who can write a virtual season and stay within canon. It can be really difficult to find fic that doesn't resolve all the issues nice and neatly, or mess around with the main characters and wind up changing them completely.
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I don't suppose that was the one that was published on TBC&S was it? Coz if it was I did an episode for that! I was posting as Sgt. Rock at the time. I gotta agree that it was not brilliant (assuming it's the same one), I didn't actually finish reading it, it got so far away from what I thought the show should be about.
Anyhoo, just pimping my own firefly fanfic, is based on an idea Joss had where Inara is kidnapped by Reavers. It can be found here:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/sunroomitem.asp?i=8267 and got some awesome reviews!
For anyone that's interested, I'm currently working on the sequel.
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This was one of the first fanfics I read, and has one of the best Mal-voices I've heard. It's called Reliance, by Roseveare. I found it through through this site: http://www.mirrordance.net/recs/firefly.html.
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In fact, I wanted to ask if anyone out there could recommend writers/stories that are similarly gifted as far as plot and characterization (I'm incredibly picky...) I love having things I can completely escape into.
I recently found couple of plotty epics which are great.
Harri Vane - she wrote in 2003, before the movie, and her staff is fantastic, if you can get through wrong spell-checker choices which are left uncorrected. She really needed a beta...
My absolute favorite of hers is "Ties that bind". Emotional rollecoaster, Tams meet their family, kidnapping and resque, River writes poems, allusions to classical literature etc. All her staff is here:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/fulluserbluesunlist.asp?un=Harriet%20Vane
Then: Firefly The Virtual Seasons. This is differerent from StillFlyeing.net and I like it much more: http://www.firefly-tvs.com.
One more: "Choices" by Tgezha, before BDM, very tense thriller: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1217106/1/ (Add "/" to the end of URL to get a correct link).
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Damn.
I am WAY too picky. And STA's totally ruined me.
Walk tall, or don't walk at all...
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...but I'm really digging GeekUSA's "Second Season." Some new, intriguing, cast members, solid storylines and writing. Sure am glad I work with high-speed printers, although I think I need another bookcase...
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Walk tall, or don't walk at all...
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Originally posted by CarolJude:
...but I'm really digging GeekUSA's "Second Season." Some new, intriguing, cast members, solid storylines and writing. Sure am glad I work with high-speed printers, although I think I need another bookcase...
I agree his stuff is really very good.
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Fanfic you should read? Mine of course! Hahaha. Not so much. There are much better writers out there. If you like great Wash humor you must read the Dino Tales: http://www.fireflyfans.net/fulluserbluesunlist.asp?un=ManicGiraffe
That is the best I can think of off the top of my head and one of few that I have bookmarked. Anyhow. Good luck with that.
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I too have really enjoyed the episodes at Stillflying.net
Good stuff there. They have exciting plots as well as deepening some of the character relationships.
Also like that they are in screenplay format. Makes me feel like I'm reading an actual episode that will be airing soon!
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i say, hold onto your undercrackers, take a flying leap and dive right in at random!! but steer clear of mine and make sure you check out Screwthealliance for adventure, Jacqui for angsty Jaylee goodness and ItsaWash for the smut-factor.
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Er...if you want some long story arcs with characterization, I'm punting out a few chapters (I think I'm somewhere round the 70,000+ word mark, and the muse has just fired up again).
It's post-BDM, pretty much canon, and there are some folk out there that like it.
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